Posts tagged with "diligence"

Mar. 20 |
Question: Some are very particular that red packets (angbaos) given must be with amounts of money ending with 8 (which sounds in a Chinese dialect like ‘huat’, which means ‘prosper’), and not 4 (which sounds like ‘die’)....

Dec. 19 | All the time
in the world
due to (endless) rebirth(s)?
Ever less time
in this life
due to (impending) death!
How many more times
do you wish to assume
you have enough time?
May all be diligent
to learn and practise
the Dharma… in time.

Nov. 27 | Of a worthy goal reachable,
have Faith to reach it,
have Aspiration to reach it,
have Practice to reach it.
– Shilashanti
… there is the case where a certain monk
follows right after the community of monks…
He doesn’t have the other...

Nov. 8 | Your mind cannot hold two thoughts at once.
This means that a single thought can occupy your entire mind.
Whether good or bad, everything stems from a single thought.
If we are careful with that first thought, even tragedies can be prevented.
– Haemin...

Nov. 1 | In a way, Buddhas confer predictions
of future attainment of Buddhahood
as the purest ‘self-fulfilling’ prophesies –
by inspiring greater practice towards it,
with which definitely reaches it, as predicted.
– Shilashanti
As I was reading...

Oct. 17 | Should you desire
the great tranquility,
prepare to sweat white beads.
– Zen Master Hakuin
There are no shortcuts or ways to bypass the Apprenticeship Phase. It is the nature of the human brain to require such lengthy exposure to a field, which allows...

Oct. 4 |
‘Se7en’ can be seen as a contemporary fable on the dangers of the Seven Deadly Sins, which according to Christian teachings, are pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. (They are contrary, respectively, to the Seven Cardinal...

Aug. 8 |
Potential is there,
yet as if ‘not there’,
if never actualised.
– Zhaojian
[1] We Have Great Potential: We all have Buddha-nature, which is the perfect potential to become fully liberated and enlightened Buddhas, with True Happiness. This...

Aug. 8 | To live each day fully,
is to live each life fully.
– Shilashanti
‘Zengosaidan’ is a Zen expression meaning that we must put all our efforts into each day so that we have no regrets, and that we must not grieve for the past or worry about...

Jun. 27 |
The Buddha: What is a mirror for?
Rahula: For reflection, sir.
The Buddha: … Actions are to be done with repeated reflection.
– Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta
As summarised from the second part of the Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta
(Discourse...

Mar. 2 |
Within chaos is
less apparent order.
Within order is
no chaos at all.
– Stonepeace | Books
Is every single experience in life part of some master plan, designed to lead us to some predetermined destiny? Romantic optimists and disillusioned pessimists...